Jailed Derbyshire shoplifter faces death if she fails to beat a heroin addiction

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Jon Cooper

Published:14:20Updated:17:43Tuesday 11 December 2018

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A serial shoplifter who could die if she does not stop using drugs has been jailed after three raids at two Chesterfield stores.

Chesterfield magistrates’ court heard on December 5 how Lianne Norman, 40, of Tunstall Way, Walton, Chesterfield, struck twice at Ashgate Service Station and once at a Lidl store, at Whittington Moor.

Pictured is Lianne Norman, 40, of Tunstall Way, Walton, Chesterfield, who has been jailed for 12 weeks after admitting three shop thefts.

Prosecuting solicitor Ann Barrett said police received reports of a female at the Spar, at Ashgate Service Station, on Ashgate Road, on August 28, who took items and she was captured on CCTV leaving without paying.

Norman was later detained by staff at a Lidl store on September 12, on Sheffield Road, after she had concealed items and gave a false name to police before she admitted the theft.

Ms Barrett added that Norman also entered the Spar service station store again on September 17 and stole two bottles of wine and a bottle of port or sherry.

Norman struggled to remember committing the offences after she was arrested but she identified herself from CCTV footage.

Chesterfield magistrates' court.

The probation service stated that Norman is a heroin-user and is not currently having any treatment.